Welcome, Frank

Today we welcomed a new member to the Ellison family. Frank, as Justin has named him, is a mut, part Sharpei and part lab. He's a cutie. We will keep you posted!!

Sweetheart Banquet Part 2

1) The DeStefanos and the Swinefords arrive safely. 2) Rev. Harry and Rachael Plank were among the destinguished guest there Saturday evening. (Rev. Plank was our speaker). 3) Eric and Jill are great friends. 4) Here we have the Pastoral Staff at New Columbia GMC...The Ellisons and the Tolleys.

Sweetheart Banquet

Saturday evening, the young people of our church put on their first Sweetheart Banquet. They did a fantastic job. We are proud of our young people! The pics are: 1) One of our smiling servers, Kevin Forney, 2) The cake was provided by Marlyn Kohler (Red Velvet), 3) Two more of our servers, Katie and Marie 4) If you have it, they will come...some of the croed begins to gather. More pics in a moment.

Party Time!

Friday evening we went to the gym in Mifflinburg to celebrate Eric Susan's 25th birthday. We played quite a few good games of volleyball. Afterwards we played some basketball in which I was reminded why I wasn't recruited by the NBA. Happy Birthday Eric!

Ministerial

Do you need new shoes?
Aaron preparing to dine at the salad bar.
Always fun to play basketball.
Dwight receiving "something" from Pres. Plank.

Ministerial was great this year (probably the best ever). It was blast to sit around and play guitars and such with the men. As always, basketball reminds you how out of shape you are. But the fellowship was great and needed. Bro. Donald Myers did a fantastic job at giving us practical truths dealing with "Teamwork". Can't wait till next year.

More Butchering

Roger Bricker is packing the meat.
Here is the lard. Good for pie crust, etc. (so I'm told)
Vonnie is visiting with a good friend, Amy Bricker.

Butchering

Last weekend we went to some friends of ours in Chambersburg to butcher pigs. It was alot of fun, as always. The first picture is of cracklins (fried pig fat) that you eat with salt. The second is of pig liver and heart. (both are very tasty). The third is all the bones and head meat. We picked the meat of all the bones and cooked it down to make puddings and scrapple. The last picture is of them cooking it down. I will post more pics shortly.

Cancelled

Last night, church was cancelled. I know. I know. Some people think that cancelling church is a sin (or close to it), but none-the-less, church was cancelled. How convinient for Valentine's Day!! I announced our cancelled service on our phone tree service and Pastor Tolley soon called back. He said, "You sounded way to excited in that announcement". Well, I could be holier-than-thou and say, "no way, I was really miffed because we cancelled", but then I would be lying (not good for pastors, you know). I will say, I really enjoying being snowed in. We had coffee, played games and spent time with the ones I love most on Valentine's Day 2007.

Sleddin'

Justin and Kayla are really enjoying the snow. All-in-all, we had 8-10 inches. Finally, winter. Now that we had a snow, we gladly welcome spring.

It's Here

Our first real snow is finally here. Our weather forcast are calling for 11-15 inches when all is done. Which means we may get 4-5. Any way, we will take it. As you have noticed, i have become a little slack concerning my blog. My apologies. There is nothing more boring than continuing to go to a blog and find it the same. I will try to do better. Not that the content will be life-changing, but none-the-less, I will post more often in the future.

Youth Convention 2007

Youth Convention 2007 is now history. At least the actual convention is over. The effects of the convention will continue for years to come. God helped in a very special way this year, for which we are all grateful. Rev. Hynes did a great job in speaking and was so impressed by the convention that he is planning on bringing his youth from Idaho next year. This year, even though we were threatened by snow and bad weather, was successful. Many young people were helped and at least one young man answered a call to preach. Even though the weather was harsh, we still had great crowds. Some evenings the attendance was well over 400. There is so many good things about the convention we could write pages. There is no doubt God is blessing the Central Pennsylvania Youth Convention. Thank God for His help.